This page shows you our fees for weddings, civil partnerships and functions, and other useful information on booking us for private functions.
(Last updated December 2011)
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We are very experienced in playing at weddings and functions, and can help you with music choices and timings right from the start of your enquiry. We have been booked for many different occasions, from small intimate weddings to large weddings at Christchurch Priory, as well as major corporate functions at hotels including the Royal Bath Hotel Bournemouth, and the Marriott in Bournemouth. Please take a look at our client list at the bottom of this page. If at any point you have questions for us, please feel free to contact us.
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"Thank you for the beautiful music you played at our wedding, it was a pleasure"
J & D wedding
"Many thanks for your lovely sounds at the Handelsbanken event! ... I would like to say thank you once again, we thoroughly enjoyed your music at the event."
Mushroom Marketing
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Our Fees for Weddings and Functions in 2011/2012
1 hour £350, 2 hours £450, 3 hours £550, 4 hours £650, 5 hours £750
These fees include our transport costs within Dorset.For venues out of Dorset we may add a transportation charge depending on the distance.
Please note we count our time from arrival time to departure time.For example, if we are booked to play 1pm-2pm, no music 2pm-3pm, and play again 3pm-4pm this is counted as a 3 hour booking, and not a 2 hour booking.
Please note on Saturdays we have a 2 hour minimum charge even if you want us to play for less than 2 hours. For any booking over 1 hour we are entitled to a short break, approx 5-10 minutes per hour of playing. Occasionally it may be necessary to substitute one or more of our regular players with a player of equal performance standard. We may add surcharges on certain days over the Christmas/New Year period, Valentines Day etc.
Payment
We take a £125 deposit to secure a booking in our diary. The remaining balance needs to be paid in full on the day of the event. We will issue you with a contract which you sign and return with the deposit.
What we need at an event
-We need 4 chairs without arms arranged in a loose semi circle, and enough space to play, approx. 2.5 metres x 3.5 metres.
-We need light so we can see our music, and we would appreciate light refreshments (water/soft drinks) at all of our bookings.
-If you would like us to play outside that's fine, but we must be shaded/covered from sun and rain as this is very damaging to our instruments.
What we wear at an event
It's up to you! The men in the quartet can wear the following with black trousers:
---Black DJ with white shirt and black bow tie
---White DJ with white shirt and black bow tie
---Black shirt, no jacket, no bow tie
---Black Tails with white shirt and white bow tie
The ladies normally wear all black. If nothing is specified, the men will wear black shirt, no jacket, no bow tie.
For our list of Wedding & Function Repertoire/Music we can play, please click here
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We have been booked for organisations such as-
-Age Concern
-AMOSSHE Student Services Organisation
-Big Foot Events
-Boomerang Media
-Bournemouth University
-Brand Magic Makebelievers
-Brando Marketing & PR, London
-Captain's Club Hotel, Christchurch
-David Lloyd Health Clubs
-Diabetes Research Wellness Foundation
-FORD
-Gosport Discovery Centre
-Handelsbanken Great Britain
-Help for Heroes
-HSBC
-John Lewis, Bristol
-Mushroom Marketing
-Poole Park Festival
-Society of Flower Painters
-Somerfield Supermarkets
-South Dorset Conservative Association
-The Army
-The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
-Wessex Abbeyfields
-The Study Gallery, Poole
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If you would like to hear us play, we can email you our demo MP3's. Just write to us at info@alani-quartet.co.uk or click here to see our Concert Diary.